- aphagia
- nounloss of the ability to swallow• Hypernyms: ↑pathology
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\\əˈfāj(ē)ə, aˈ-\ noun (-s)1. : loss of the ability to swallow2. : an inability to feed — used of the state of certain insect imagos (as mayflies) in which the adult is dependent on reserves stored during larval life and takes no food* * *
/euh fay"jee euh/, n. Pathol.difficulty or pain in swallowing.[1865-70; A-6 + -PHAGIA]* * *
aphagia /ə-fāˈj(i-)ə/ (medicine and zoology)noun1. Inability or unwillingness to swallow or eat2. (of the imago of certain insects) inability to feedORIGIN: Gr a- (privative), and phagia, from phagein to eat
Useful english dictionary. 2012.